Friends Don't Let Friends Pierce Them....

By Anonymous · Aug. 13, 2000

started when my boyfriend left me at our friends house while my
boyfriend went to work. At first, all was well, me and Monster were hanging
out and having fun. Then he let me in on a little secret. He had been studying
body piercing from books, online, and talking to piercers. He showed me his
needles and clamps, his autoclave (the sterilization device), etc. I was not
surprised, Monster has almost as many piercings as I do. (I have 2 eyebrow, 1
monroe, 2 tongue, 2 bottom lip, both nips, both outer labia, and navel)

He asked me if I wanted to be a test subject for free. I was about to
say "No, thanks," (I'm not stupid, I'm not about to get pierced by an
amateur, free or not) but then he told me of all his successful piercings on
our mutual friends, and he would pierce himself in front of me, just so I
could see how good he is. So I figured what the hell, and I watched him pick
out a needle, the jewelry, put the gloves on, position himself, and (no lie)
pierce his frenum. All cool and collected, he talked to me through almost the
whole process. Not bad.
After some deliberation, I finally decided to
have my labret pierced to match my two lip rings and my monroe. I hadn't
gotten it before because I figured too many piercings in the same area might
be overkill, but considering I have 19 other piercings, I'm already way too
far over the line to worry about overkilling anything. I also love how
piercings look on me, especially mouth piercings, and I love playing with
them.
So anyway, he put the clamp thing on my bottom lip and made the
lil' dots, still talking to me casual as ever. He then placed the needle over
my lip, and told me "Close your eyes...1...2... inhale... WHOOPS!!" I opened
my eyes. The needle was halfway through my lip. I looked at him
questioningly. He pulled the needle out and it was horribly bent! Turns out
he hit the clamp somehow and proceeded to disfigure the needle. Whatever, he
was very apologetic. Now here's where I'm stupid. I told him to try again.
Well this time he gets the needle through. Straight, perfect, in the right
place. But for some reason, the jewelry wouldn't fit into the end of the
needle, to push it through. So now I have a 3 inch needle stuck in my lip and
he's trying to push the sucker through like hell! (You're also not supposed
to keep the needle in longer than a few seconds for some reason, and now
we're pushing a minute.) Finally I told him (as best as you can tell anyone
anything with a needle in your lip) to take the needle OUT and then quick!
put the jewelry in. Well he went to go take the needle out of my lip with
hands shaking like a leaf. That's when I noticed he was sweating profusely.
The sight of me sitting with a needle in my lip was too much for him. That's
when he reluctantly told me that he closed his eyes for each piercing he did.
I backed away from him, pulled the needle out myself (ouch!) and proceeded to
pass out on the floor.
An hour later, when my boyfriend came to pick me
up, my lip was about the size of a golf ball and incredibly sore, and Monster
was drunk and crying because he had hurt me. Fortunately, it didn't get
infected, and I barely have a scar on the outside of my mouth. On the inside
is a different story. I have a pointy lump where the hole should have been,
and I have to wait at least another 3 months before I can get it repierced,
and even that will be hard, because scar tissue is hard to pierce, (I know
this from experience with my left lip ring).
I have since forgiven
Monster, he has quit piercing on his own and has gotten a job at a
professional piercers as a retail boy, and learning to pierce by a
professional on the side. He won't be a professional for another 2 months, but
I'm sure he has learned his lesson. Let this also be a lesson to anyone who
thinks a certificate in piercing is unnecessary. Just because they act like
they've done it a million times, doesn't mean they have. And for god's sake,
no matter how much you love and trust them, DONT let your unauthorized friend
poke any holes in your body. Would you rather them have hurt feelings for a
little while, or have an awful disfiguration on your body?
Now go out and
get yourself (professionally) pierced!! =)

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Lip Piercing

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